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Essentials of Supersonic Commercial Aircraft Conceptual Design
Egbert Torenbeek
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
This edition first published 2020
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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data
Names: Torenbeek, Egbert, author.
Title: Essentials of supersonic commercial aircraft conceptual design /
Egbert Torenbeek, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020.
| Series: Aerospace series | Includes bibliographical references and
index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019053571 (print) | LCCN 2019053572 (ebook) | ISBN
9781119667001 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119667032 (adobe pdf) | ISBN
9781119667049 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Supersonic transport planes--Design and construction.
Classification: LCC TL685.7 .T67 2020 (print) | LCC TL685.7 (ebook) | DDC
629.133/349--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019053571
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019053572
Cover Design: Wiley
Cover Images: Supersonic plane © JimboMcKimbo/Shutterstock, The nose of the concord © Kenneth Summers/Shutterstock
This book is dedicated to my wife Nel Torenbeek-Volker with sincere thanks for her patience and stimulus during more than six years of hard work.
Foreword
Egbert Torenbeek's book on commercial supersonic aircraft design is timely, exactly 50 years after the first flight of the Concorde in 1969. It performed scheduled flights for 27 years and was able to operate with a profit because the aircraft's attractiveness was able to sustain a high ticket price. As such, the Concorde